Very true! To clarify - I have no problem with people moving to music while performing, if it is genuinely felt. It's when these motions and expressions seem contrived to impress an audience that I have to stop looking. But that doesn't mean I have to stop listening ; ) Tom > I find that only people who think of themselves as serious musicians > or music lovers have a problem with performers moving to the music. > My advice to those bothered by what they perceive as someone "getting > into it too much" would be either A) Don't look, just listen B) Accept > it as an alternative style of performance that may not necessarily be > your own preference or C) Travel back in time to the gallant era when > such things mattered (just be sure to avoid Mozart, who once broke a > shoe because he was stomping along so forcefully to the music). To > me, the only way one's movements can really distract from my enjoyment > of the music is if a performer is missing notes because they're > flipping their lutes around their necks or something. > > No one owns this music, even less the way one chooses to look while > playing it. > > Chris > > > Christopher Wilke > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > www.christopherwilke.com > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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